Alábastron — G211

Definition

neuter noun

properly, an "alabaster" box, i.e. (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material)

Usually translated as

box

Origin

neuter of alábastros (of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone

Occurrences

Alábastron occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1), Luke (1)

• Matthew 26:7 — There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box (ἀλάβαστρον) of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
• Mark 14:3 — And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box (ἀλάβαστρον) of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
• Mark 14:3 — And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box (ἀλάβαστρον), and poured it on his head.
• Luke 7:37 — And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box (ἀλάβαστρον) of ointment,